BOWDLER, THOMAS; SHAKESPEARE, WThe Family Shakspeare, In Ten Volumes; In Which Nothing is Added to the Original Text; But those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in A Family London: Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme & Brown, 1820. 12mo. 15.5 x 9cm. 10 volumes. Volume 1 with portrait engraving of William Shakespeare. Full leather with gilt border to front and rear. Edges worn, leather scratched and scuffed. Joints worn, boards remain firmly attached. 1 volume label is missing, light wear and chipping to other labels, spines generally a little scuffed and scratched. Bindings are overall tight and square. Volume 7 shows evidence of repair to front joint, tight, but opens fine. Text very clean throughout, some folded down corners. A rather good clean set. Uncommon early edition. Second edition. . Second Edition. Full Leather. Good++.

VIENNA] - [Leopold BEYER (1789-1877), engraver; after J. Alt]Vue Generale de la Ville de Vienne Artaria & Co, Vienna 1820 - Watercolour over etched line, image within a black ink border, captioned in the lower margin, printed on wove paper watermarked J. Whatman. Plate mark: 19 1/4 x 28 3/8 inches. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 31 inches. Beautifully hand coloured early 19th century view of Vienna. In this lovely view of the city from the south, the foreground is composed of a bucolic setting, with a farmers and tradesmen hauling their wares along a road into the city, passing a shepherd with his flock. The city in the distance is dominated by St. Stephen's Cathedral, with Karlskirche visible as well as other notable buildings.

MALTHUS, Thomas RobertPrinciples of Political Economy Considered with a View to Their Practical Application. London John Murray 1820 - "If Only Malthus, Instead of Ricardo, Had Been the Parent Stem From Which Nineteenth-Century Economics Proceeded, What a Much Wiser and Richer Place the World Would be Today" MALTHUS, T[homas] R[obert]. Principles of Political Economy. Considered with a View to Their Practical Application. London: John Murray, 1820. First edition. Octavo. vi, [1]2-601[602]. Original boards, uncut. With original paper label on spine. Hinges expertly and almost invisibly repaired. Old bookplate from "The Library of Victoria" with no other library markings. A very clean copy, internally fine. Very scarce in original boards. Housed in a custom quarter black morocco clamshell, gilt-stamped. First edition of Malthus' principal contribution to economic theory. Schumpeter describes Malthus' work in relation to that of his predecessors, Adam Smith and Ricardo, as follows: "Ricardo's work.started with the Wealth of Nations and recoined the latter's theoretical contents by a method that centered in the concept of value. Exactly the same thing is evidently true of the work of Malthus.except for his theory of saving and investment, which on the face of it seems to be Malthus's own, all the elements that enter into the analytic apparatus of that work, and even its terminological arrangements, point to the First book of the Wealth of Nations. Only, whereas Ricardo recoined the doctrine of Wealth by means of the labor-quantity theory of value, Malthus recoined it by the means of the theory of value that A. Smith actually used, namely, the theory of supply and demand.[whereas] Ricardo's analytic apparatus is geared to the problem of distribution.Malthus. geared his apparatus to the analysis of the whole economic process.Therefore, Malthus should.stand in the history of analysis not only as the author of a valid alternative to Ricardo's theory but as the sponsor (or rather as one of the sponsors) of the victorious one." "Although Malthus is best known for the views on population contained in his Essay on Population.there can be no doubt that his importance for economists today rests mainly on his Principles of Political Economy (1820). It was because of the latter work that J. M. Keynes reinstated Malthus as a major figure in modern economic thought". (New Palgrave). Cress C577. HBS 66825. $7,500 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

J.RalfeThe Naval Chronology of Great Britain - in Three Volumes with Contemporarily Coloured Plates London: Whitmore and Fenn, 1820. The Naval Chronology of Great Britain or an historical account of the Naval and Maritime events from the commencement of the War in 1803, to the end of the year 1816. Also particulars of the most inportant Courts-Martial, votes of Parliament, Lists of Flag Officers in Commission and of promotions for each year. A work of invaluable reference on the British Navy during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, and remarkably detailed, using, amongst others, the first hand accounts of officers and sailors involved in the engagements. Many of the plates record events based on the drawings of officers participating in the battles depicted. "The object of this work is, more particularly, to perpetuate the names of those individuals who have, by their talents, courage, and professional abilities, increased the honour and reputation of the British Navy, and secured the peace and independence of the country." 60 coloured plates with plate list at the end of volume three, collated and complete. The plate page headers are printed in blue, confirming that they were contemporarily coloured at issue, and distinguishing them from later coloured copies (Tooley). Contemporary full calf with gilt and blind, recently rebacked to a high standard. Slight worm ingress to page peripherals in volume two but not affecting print areas, otherwise very good throughout. A superb set and very scarce in this form.. Full Calf. Very Good. 250x165mm.

BOWDLER, THOMAS; SHAKESPEARE, WThe Family Shakspeare, In Ten Volumes; In Which Nothing is Added to the Original Text; But those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in A Family London: Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme & Brown, 1820. 12mo. 15.5 x 9cm. 10 volumes. Volume 1 with portrait engraving of William Shakespeare. Full leather with gilt border to front and rear. Edges worn, leather scratched and scuffed. Joints worn, boards remain firmly attached. 1 volume label is missing, light wear and chipping to other labels, spines generally a little scuffed and scratched. Bindings are overall tight and square. Volume 7 shows evidence of repair to front joint, tight, but opens fine. Text very clean throughout, some folded down corners. A rather good clean set. Uncommon early edition. Second edition. . Second Edition. Full Leather. Good++.

JEFFREYS, Lieutenant CharlesVan Diemen&#39;s Land. Geographical and descriptive delineations of the Island of Van Diemen&#39;s Land London: J.M. Richardson, 1820. Octavo, fine in Aquarius binding of full calf, gilt spine. Captain of HMS Kangaroo jumps Surveyor Evans. The first separately published description of Van Diemen&#39;s Land and an important early colonial work. This rare account by Lieutenant Jeffreys is also one of the first of many Australian books addressed to an emigrant audience written with a view to enticing settlers away from North America to the Australian colonies. Charles Jeffreys (1782-1826) arrived in Port Jackson as master of HMS Kangaroo with his wife in January 1814. Macquarie gave him the task of transporting convicts to Tasmania, but Jeffreys was always something of a chancer, and it was soon apparent that he was more interesting in liquor smuggling, assisting the escape of convicts, and kidnapping than following official instructions. Macquarie virtually expelled him from the colony in April 1817, ordering Jeffreys to sail for England with no Australian landfalls whatsoever. Yet later that month Jeffreys landed sly grog in Hobart, again assisted escaped convicts and assaulted a fellow officer. He sailed for England and escaped prosecution on a legal technicality (as was often the case with disreputable colonials officers of his type). One of the passengers on board the Kangaroo was Surveyor General George William Evans, from whom the bulk of the text was quite literally stolen by Jeffreys to produce this book. Evans eventually retrieved his manuscript from Jeffreys and published his legitimate account in 1822. Despite this, Jeffrey&#39;s account remains the first separately published work concerning Van Diemen&#39;s Land, being &#39;a notable book and quite attractive despite its sordid history. It is essential to any collection of Tasmaniana and would make a valuable acquisition for any collection&#39; (Australian Rare Books).

[WATERCOLOUR - ORNITHOLOGY]. PRÊTRE, Jean Gabriel.[Synallaxe damier & Synallaxe à filets (= plate 311 from Temminck's Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux ... )]. [France], 1824. Watercolour of 2 birds on unwatermarked wove paper (ca. 48 x 35 cm), both standing on a branch, the lowest branch signed: "JG Prêtre/ 1824". With the birds numbered in pencil and the plate number and bird names in pencil in the lower left corner. For the published work see: Anker 502; Balis, Van diverse pluimage 75; Nissen, IVB 932; Zimmer, pp. 626-628. Original watercolour of a Chotoy Spinetail (Schoeniophylax phryganophilus) and an Araucaria Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura setaria) by the prolific zoological artist Jean Gabriel Prêtre, produced for Temminck's Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux... (Paris, 1820-1839). Both species belong to the Ovenbirds family, a large family of small suboscine passerine birds, and are found throughout South America.Temminck's lavishly illustrated Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux... issued in 102 parts between 1820-1839, was published as a kind of continuation to Buffon's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux (1770-1786). In total it contains ca. 600 engraved plates with about 800 figures of birds by Nicolas Huet and Prêtre, and it's considered "the most monumental work of the post-Napoleonic period" (Balis).Paper slightly browned. A beautiful watercolour of two Spinetails.

Brathwait, Richard. Joseph Haslewood (editor)Barnabae Itenerarium, or Barnabee&#39;s Journal London: NP, 1820. LOVELY SIGNED BINDING. 2 volumes (125 copies printed.). With five illustrations. In a signed outstanding, beautiful, and fine bindings by De Coverly & Sons. From W. A. Foyle&#39;s Library, Beeleigh Abbey, with beautiful gilt leather bookplates. An ouitstanding example of binding by De Coverly & Sons, in three color floral design, gilt ruling to borders and spine, and two gilt lettered labels to each volume. Both volumes in excellent condition. Internally, light occasional foxing, former owner&#39;s names to front blank endpapers, otherwise excellent. Can only be described as a WORK OF ART. EACH 5 X 4 INCHES. Title continues: "...With a life of the author, a biographical introduction to the itenerary, and a catalogue of his Works." . Signed by Binder. Full Calf Leather. Fine. 16mo - over 5Â¾" - 6Â¾" tall. Hardcover.

Manuscript Atlas England. Paper Wraps. Very Good. Beautiful manuscript maps circa 1820. Oblong, 18 by 27 cm. Original watercolor of a variant on English monarchical armorial iconology of "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" on shield flanked by lion and unicorn, followed by seven leaves, plus wraps, containing two hemisphere maps each on the first two interior leaves, followed by a single map per leaf. The hemisphere maps (first leaf is Eastern and Western, the second, Northern and Southern) each have decorative figure -- a goddess and a seraph, respectively -- revealing the title caption. This is, above all else, a very beautiful object, but it also has interest for what it says about the prevailing conceptions at the time of various geographic areas. The United States is depicted as east of the Mississippi, Australia is called New Holland, which persisted as a designation into the 1830s, and most curious of all, Europe is separated into sixteen units that had no actual governmental reality at the time and in some respects, are more prospectively accurate than contemporaneously so. Thus Germany and Italy are shown as single units, respectively, although it would be decades before either was an unified entity. This clearly reflects that there was a concept of nationhood, based largely on language, that informed people&#39;s perceptions even then, although this was far from a clear-cut or indisputable criteria in a more cosmopolitan world in which several language groups might co-exist side by side in a particular community. So Germany, by including Habsburg or Austrian possessions, also included what are now parts of Italy (Venice and surrounding areas) then under Austrian control. However, curiously, Hungary is shown as a separate entity from Germany (and Austria). Poland, then chopped up among Prussia, Russia and Austria, is shown as a single nation, yet it surrounds East Prussia, shown as an entity unto itself. The Ukraine around Crimea is given as Little Tartary. The Africa map is interesting for its broad generalizations about some territories, its designation of today&#39;s South Africa as "Hottentots", etc. Much of Asia is divided into various Tartarys, which dwarf China and Hindoostan. While the maps were clearly done with care, part of their fun comes from the distortions, even relative to the understanding of the various regions at the time. A calligraphic hand was used in some of the lettering, and the covers are bordered with gilt. Small closed tear by lower binding fold. Light soiling of cover.

[DANCE - 19th Century]. Blasis, Carlo 1795-1878Traite Elementaire, Theorique et Pratique de l&#39;Art de la Danse [Subtitle]: contenant les developpemens, et les demonstrations des principes generaux et particuliers, qui doivent guider le danseur. Par Ch. Blasis premier danseur Milan: Joseph Beati et Antoine Tenenti. 1820. Octavo. Modern quarter mid-tan calf with marbled boards, old black leather title label gilt to spine. 2ff., 124, + 14 plates (including one double- page) of male dancers in various attitudes. &#11;&#11;With the autograph signature of the author ("C. Blasis") to verso of title-page.&#11;&#11;Leather title label worn and slightly chipped. Slightly dampstained; occasional foxing; lacking frontispiece portrait of Blasis (as in most other known copies); minor show-through of autograph signature. . First Edition. Rare. Derra de Moroda 390. Beaumont pp. 17-18. Niles & Leslie I p. 53. Ward: Italian 316. Ximenes catalogue 90, no. 34. Sowell 73. Very few copies contain the portrait. &#11;&#11;"The first major technical dance treatise of the nineteenth century." Sowell&#11;&#11;"One of the classic and most celebrated manuals of theatrical dance technique, in which the author impresses on the student the importance of a knowledge of all the fine arts, that he or she may strive to become not merely a beautiful machine but an artist... The plates are excellent and illustrate the movements, positions and poses described. Plate XIV is particularly interesting for its spirited representations of the different types of dancers, such as Danseur serieux, Danseur demi-caractere and Danseur comique, i.e., character." Beaumont p. 18. &#11;&#11;Quite a good copy of this rare book by the most important ballet teacher of the 19th century.

[LONGITUDE] WILSON, JamesA New and Complete Set of Astrological Tables , for finding the Declination, Right Ascension, Ascensional Difference, & Crepuscu-Line Arcs London: William Hughes, 1820. Octavo, xii, 76 pp. of tables, a few spots, ink to the last 3 leaves of the tables; a very good copy in the original publisher&#39;s boards, rebacked, some wear on the edges. First edition, rare. A remarkable collection of astrological tables preceded by a colourful preface, designed as a contribution to contemporary debates about astronomy and navigation. Wilson, an influential astrologer, is best known as the author of the controversial A Complete Dictionary of Astrology, which has remained in print into this century and was long considered the definitive work. He remains an anonymous figure: &#39;Nothing is known of his life and personal circumstances&#39; (ODNB). Wilson published several other works, including a translation of Ptolemy&#39;s Tetrabiblos. The extensive tables are perhaps eclipsed by the preface, where Wilson seeks to meet the claims of his detractors regarding his earlier published dictionary. A review is included, &#39;Mr Wilson, who, believing in the possibility of predicting the events of men&#39;s lives, seeks to raise this exploded art once more among the liberal sciences.&#39; The fastidious rebuttal which follows runs to several pages and includes a letter of reply from Wilson, which was refused publication. This rare and curious work is not widely held and is an indispensable compliment to the dictionary.

LONGITUDE] WILSON, JamesA New and Complete Set of Astrological Tables , for finding the Declination, Right Ascension, Ascensional Difference, & Crepuscu-Line Arcs? William Hughes, London 1820 - Octavo, xii, 76 pp. of tables, a few spots, ink to the last 3 leaves of the tables; a very good copy in the original publisher's boards, rebacked, some wear on the edges. First edition, rare. A remarkable collection of astrological tables preceded by a colourful preface, designed as a contribution to contemporary debates about astronomy and navigation. Wilson, an influential astrologer, is best known as the author of the controversial A Complete Dictionary of Astrology, which has remained in print into this century and was long considered the definitive work. He remains an anonymous figure: 'Nothing is known of his life and personal circumstances' (ODNB). Wilson published several other works, including a translation of Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos. The extensive tables are perhaps eclipsed by the preface, where Wilson seeks to meet the claims of his detractors regarding his earlier published dictionary. A review is included, 'Mr Wilson, who, believing in the possibility of predicting the events of men's lives, seeks to raise this exploded art once more among the liberal sciences.' The fastidious rebuttal which follows runs to several pages and includes a letter of reply from Wilson, which was refused publication. This rare and curious work is not widely held and is an indispensable compliment to the dictionary. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Schoberl, Frederic. Illustrated by J. and J. LoryPicturesque Tour from Geneva to Milan, By Way of the Simplon: Illustrated with Thirty Six Coloured Views of the Most Striking Scenes and of the Principal Works Belonging to the New Road Constructed Over that Mountain, Engraved from Designs by J. and J. Lory, of Neufchatel; And Accompanied with Particulars Historical and Descriptive by Federic Schoberl. R. Ackermann, London 1820 - Imperial 8vo. 11 by 8 inches, 29 by 20 cm. [8], 136, [2], 8 pp. Plus 36 hand-colored aquatint plates, and tinted frontis map. Includes useful publisher's eight page catalog. One of the most beautiful of plate books, capturing some dramatic and treacherous scenery. Views include Sion, Lake Geneva, Brieg, Bridge at Ganther, Algaby, Ponte Alto, waterfall at Pissevache, bridge at St. Maurice, Lake Maggiore, Arona, Sesto, Milan, Lake Como, etc. Tooley 446, which notes that the work was issued later with title still dated 1820, but that is manifestly not the case here since plates are dated 1819 and 1820 and the publisher's quarter leather binding is consistent with the first issue as thus. (Some plates were issued earlier in Ackermann's Repository.) The publication itself should be seen as a product of the building appreciation of Alpine and Swiss scenery, once scorned, that began in the 1700s, and in particular British fascination with it. Custom clamshell case. Some offsetting from plates, including from frontis to title. Soiling of frontis in margins especially. Clamshell box has a few loose seams along joints and other minor wear. Plates have watermarks from 1819 and 1820. Quarter Morocco over Cloth Boards, with Custom Cloth Clamshell Case [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

MORSE, JedidiahA Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian Affairs, Comprising a Narrative of a Tour Performed in the Summer of 1820 Small 4to. Full pebble-grained leather with gilt lettering and decorations. 400pp. Frontispiece, foldout color map. Errata slip. Very good. Moderate age toning to first few leaves; foldout map shows a few old archival reinforcements on verso, but is complete and attractive. A tight, handsome first edition of this important study of the state of the Indian nation in 1820 and 1821. Morse (1761-1826), the "Father of American Geography," was also the father of telegraphy pioneer Samuel F.B. Morse. His advanced views on the Native Americans prompted Secretary of War John C. Calhoun to appoint him observer of the border Indian tribes in order to report their numbers, status, living conditions and future prospects, which he did for two years to compile this report. This sharp copy bears a scarce presentation inscription from Morse: Near the top of the front flyleaf, he boldly pens in brown ink [sic]: "To Charles Denison Esq / from the / The Author." There&#39;s also an interesting 20th century presentation inscription at the center of this leaf: "John Hauberg / Compliments / Wm. A. Meese / 9/28/14." Meese (1856-1920) was a noted attorney and civic leader who served on the board of the Illinois State Historical Society -- as did the man to whom he presented this book, John H. Hauberg (1869-1955). Hauberg wrote Meese&#39;s obituary for the "Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society," and a copy of his obit accompanies this book. The rear pastedown bears about a dozen pencilled lines referring to specific events on specific pages -- likely in the hand of Hauberg and quite likely research for a planned article in the "Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society." A lovely copy of this very scarce work, seldom seen in signed form. FIELD 1098. GRAFF 2908. NEW HOWES M851. SABIN 50945.

[WHALING] FRENCH ARTISTTechnical drawing of Whaling equipment France: circa, 1820. Original drawing in ink on paper, 220 x 290 mm., ms. notations in ink and pencil; in fine condition, mounted. Whaling and its gruesome accoutrements. A finely-executed nineteenth-century technical drawing showing the tryworks and various implements involved in on-board whale processing. This drawing, with its various manuscript corrections, may have been a preliminary work for a French publication on whaling. It is drawn with the usual competence and finesse associated with French maritime art of this period. The upper section of the drawing shows different types of harpoon, lance, forks, ladles and strainers, and a sail-buoy used to mark whale carcasses. The lower section of the drawing shows the "tryworks" - the on-board furnace used for rendering whale blubber into oil. The tryworks was the most distinguishing feature of a whaleship, and consisted of two cast-iron trypots set into a brick furnace. At the time when this drawing was made, French whaling activity was mainly concentrated in the Pacific, where a formidable fleet operated even before any French colonies were established in the area.

FOLKESTONE - ANONYMOUS WATERCOLOUR.FOLKESTONE FROM THE LEAS. A fine original watercolour drawing of Folkestone in the early nineteenth century, before the harbour improvements and the arrival of the railway. There are no less than three Customs cutters depicted, emphasising the switch of resources to the Preventive Men as a result of the cessation of hostilities. Folkestone had at this time a major Customs presence due to the port's well-known connection with the 'Free Trade'. *Provenance: We have a record of this work having passed through our hands about 30 years ago. It was purchased in the Acrise Place sale and sold to Dr C.H. Bishop, the late Folkestone historian, whose collection was dispersed after his death some years ago. Original watercolour no signature or date but c. 1820 - Watercolour on paper 19 x 14 inches, recently mounted in conservation materials and framed in a classic gilt moulding. A very well-observed watercolour, confidently painted by an unidentified artist. Slightly faded but in fine condition. Looking east from a point just west of the top of the present day Road of Remembrance, with open fields where Albion Villas now stand. In the foreground, sheep are grazing and a couple are walking arm in arm along the cliff path, with the unrestored Parish Church in the middle distance and the Georgian and medieval buildings of Church Street behind. Perched on top of the cliff is a small walled look-out post which was presumably the south-western end of the Battery, with a building not far away which may well be the Battery Blockhouse itself. Behind these in the distance we see the two Martello towers on the East Cliff and beyond these, the cliffs to Shakespeare's Cliff outside Dover. From a broken fence in the foreground we see a rough path leading down the cliff , and we also look down on the Harbour and Lower Road. Two customs cutters are drawn up the beach and a gang of men are in the act of pulling one of the craft over on its side to be worked on. Behind this we see three sides of the early harbour, and Copt Point beyond. Shipping is entering the harbour mouth and several fishing smacks dot the sea. Another fast-looking customs cutter is standing off the beach, on which there are two bathing machines and a lugger being launched. KENT FOLKESTONE EAST KENT COAST TOWNS- WATERCOLOURS 19TH CENTURY KENT